Aperture Art-360 Doors & windows of the world

This gorgeous collection of photographic montages highlights regional similarities and differences between types and styles of door and window designs all across Europe, starting with Porto, Portugal:

Doors of EnglandWindows of Barcelona-Spain

Andre Goncalves, a photographer from Lisbon, set about creating this catalog of colors and textures with his ‘Windows of the World’ series (mostly by city and region), then expanded to develop ‘Doors of the World’ as well (sorted by country)

Doors of Portugalwindows of London

Individually, a single door might not say much about a city or country, but taken together: patterns emerge, from tile work around doors to color preferences and decorative touches.

Doors of RomaniaDoors of the WorldWindows of Spain

Windows of Burano-ItalyWindows of Evora-PortugalWindows of Lisbon-PortugalWindows of Montemor-o-novo–Portugalwindows of Porto-Portugalwindows of Sesimbra-Portugalwindows of the Alpswindows of Venice-Italy